September 28, 2010

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Everyone seems to have an opinion on Rahm Emanuel's pending decision on whether or not to leave the White House and run for mayor of Chicago — everyone but Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois.

Following votes Tuesday, POLITICO caught up with the man who inherited Barack Obama's Senate seat to ask him what he thought about the president's right-hand man running for arguably the most powerful office in Illinois.

Burris's response, however, was more a Cook County Clerk recording than an actual answer to the question.

The exchange:

POLITICO: “What do you think of the possibility that Rahm Emanuel could leave the White House as early as this week and run for mayor?”

Roland Burris: “Guess what?”

POLITICO: “What?”

Burris: “We have an election in Illinois coming Nov. 2. Nov. 2 is for the governorship and the Senate seat.”